Social Media. Warning: There Are Many Side Effects

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1 Social Media Warning: There Are Many Side Effects {

2 What Students Need to Know Once something is posted online or sent via picture or text message, it s IMPOSSIBLE to take back. Even if you delete the information from a site, saved versions may already exist on other people s computers and circulate online. A Google search of your name can turn up any pictures or messages you ve posted on the internet.

3 Remember The online world is NOT anonymous. You are accountable for each and every one of your posts, pictures, and videos. Parents, employers, college admissions officers, coaches, teachers, and the police may view your posts. Communicating by sending texts and/or photographs is dangerous. These texts can be saved or forwarded by the receiver to ANYONE, and you have no control over it.

4 Before you press send or post Don t assume anything you send or post is going to remain private. Your messages and images will get passed around, even if you think they won t: 40% of teens and young adults say they have had a sexually suggestive message (originally meant to be private) shown to them 20% say they have shared such a message with someone other than the person for whom is was originally meant. Source: TheNationalCampaign.Org

5 What Parents Need to Know 84% of teens have a social networking profile (Facebook, MySpace, twitter, etc.) Teens include the following information on their profiles: Age (50%) Photos of themselves (62%) City they live in (41%) School name/location (45%) Videos of friends (16%) Videos of themselves (14%) Their cell phone number (14%) Sources: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 2010; Journal of Adolescent Health 27, 2010; Consumer Reports, June 2011

6 Startling Statistics 16% of teens considered meeting someone they've only talked to online 8% have actually met someone they only knew online 14% of children in 7 th 9 th grade reported that they had communicated with someone online about sexual things 9% of children in 7 th 9 th grade have accepted an online invitation to meet someone in-person 13% of 2 nd and 3 rd grade students report that they used the Internet to talk to people they do not know. Sources: Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later, 2006; Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008

7 Posting & Sending Pictures Many teens report that they have electronically sent, or posted online, nude or semi-nude pictures or video of themselves. How many teens (teens refers to ages 13-19)? 20% of teens overall say they have sent/posted nude or seminude pictures or video of themselves 22% of teen girls say they have sent/posted nude or seminude pictures or video of themselves 18% of teen boys say they have sent/posted nude or seminude pictures or video of themselves 11% of young teen girls say they have sent/posted nude or seminude pictures or video of themselves (ages 13-16) Source: TheNationalCampaign.Org

8 What Can Parents DO? Use privacy settings to restrict who can access and post on your child s profile Have frank discussions with your child about the dangers of social networking. Monitor your child s use of technology Remind your child to protect their personal information For more suggestions, navigate to (the federal government s website to help you be safe, secure and responsible online)

9 Know the Terminology BLOG: a website that can act as a personal online journal or sounding board CHAT ROOM: An online space where you can meet and exchange information through messages displayed on the screens of others who are in the room. SEXTING: Sending or forwarding sexually explicit photos, videos, or messages from a mobile phone. TWITTER: a social networking site where users can send brief text messages (140 words or less) online - both publicly and/or to a list of followers FACEBOOK/MYSPACE: a free website that allows users to create profiles, upload photos and videos, post and send messages Webcam A video camera that can stream live video on the web; may be built into the computer or purchased separately More terms can be found at Source: NETCETERA

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